Rapid and precise control of sniffing during olfactory discrimination in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Kepecs, Adam ^a   Uchida, Naoshige ^a   Mainen, Zachary F ^a  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SMELLING; SNIFFING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SMELL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447542050     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00071.2007     Document Type: Article

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